When the "Deer Lake bureau" of The Western Star, ultimately working alone out of a Main Street office, Cyril Goodyear was one of the few to stop regularly to say hello. He introduced me to people he thought interesting, and was never without a story to share. RIP. vocm.com/2025/09/22/2...

In this case, I filed for the document on July 4, 2023. The department formally claimed an extension on the usual 30-day deadline of 220 days—which is very long by usual standards, but legally permitted. Then they blew that by a year and a half. Now they're like, "Enh, let's just chuck it."

Wake to excited msg from tech msg world that my phone has new home screen! 😑 Goddamnit stop changing things unless it's absolutely necessary for security. Really miss the days where I buy a product and other people don't get to touch it again. Piss off.

I still periodically see different numbers bouncing around about how much the Carney government is looking to cut from federal spending. So here's the explanation I got from the office of the Treasury Board president in July.

Hi Ashley! We have more candidates running than what we have up on our website, working on getting that information up. But we will have 35-40 candidates by the nomination date. :)

If the Churchill River power MOU is THE election issue in NL, well Liberals are saying a deal is getting done (strong statements seemingly regardless of final offers/content - shouldn't also say will walk away if necessary?), without commitment to any further public review before contracts signed...

"The Commission concludes that the Israeli authorities and Israeli security forces have the genocidal intent to destroy, in whole or in part, the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip."

A reminder that anything from "the Premier" right now is from the Liberal party leader, just like it's not "Opposition leader" Wakeham, or "third party leader". It's election time. #nlpoli

So on the NL Education plan errors... The fact no one has yet said exactly when these fake citations were introduced (there is a process and there are drafts) screams lack of accountability.

Repeat references these days to Wind West being an Atlantic Canadian project/collection of projects, but so far no one is saying they'd build new transmission between the island of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, so not at all Atlantic. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Announcing finalists for the 2025 #HilaryWeston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction 🏆 Congratulations to: ◢Omar El Akkad ◢Tessa McWatt ◢Vinh Nguyen ◢ @biidaasamose.bsky.social ◢ @authormiriamtoews.bsky.social $75K winner announced Nov 13 at the #WTAwards bit.ly/4lXZqQk

A lovely new project from Bojan Furst. I'll be looking forward to these. open.spotify.com/episode/45Lh...

A difference between Ontario and BC (beyond the, like, mountains and junk) is BC has lots of publicly accessibly natural space & relatively low pop, where as Ontario (southern Ontario in particular) has a massive pop & hasn't expanded public space & is largely privatized.

Three-person Churchill MOU review panel head/Consumer Advocate Dennis Browne is going on VOCM Open Line this morning. Host Paddy Daly said he'll be asking about the resignation of panel member Mike Wilson back *in May*... #nlpoli

"The panel" is three people. People with relationships to each other and to other people involved in the Churchill deal debates. It is led by Dennis Browne- a person meant to play a role in public debates who is refusing interviews. Don't write just "the panel," write their goddamn names. #nlpoli

From the latest print issue of Atlantic Business Magazine (out this week): atlanticbusinessmagazine.ca/article/crit...

Been working away on a few bigger pieces of work that won't see daylight for while yet... But for now, a piece partly inspired by travels, and just posted to the Atlantic Business Magazine site: atlanticbusinessmagazine.ca/web-exclusiv...

We now have a municipal and provincial election set to basically fall on top of each other in NL. And damn everyone who had even the slightest hand in making this happen. #nlpoli

Couldn't resist backing Terra Arcana. (Shoutout @trudymorgancole.bsky.social) C'mon folks! Let's make this happen! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ter...

"Rosy picture"?!?!! 😂😭 Sorry, but in what world?? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"It's not just rolling back regulations, it's repealing the ability of the agency to do that going forward indefinitely..." open.spotify.com/episode/39IC...

One of the better stories to date, I think, in terms of getting away from auto and otherwise showing the intertwined/cross-border nature of business in North America in simple terms. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

So the fine for violating the fire ban in NL, per NL RCMP release, is "no less than $1,000." Meanwhile the fine for violating the measures put in place in Nova Scotia today, including no hiking on woods trails, just no go, is stated in provincial press release as *$25,000*

Whoa. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The bird flu virus that has beset dairy farms since early last year may be spreading through the air in so-called milking parlors and through contaminated wastewater (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/h...

This is quite the read... 🚴https://assets.nationbuilder.com/cycletoronto/pages/8767/attachments/original/1753891585/Cycle_Toronto_v._AGO_Reasons_for_Judgment_PBS_July_30_2025.pdf?1753891585

good & important journo job opening @theguardian.com "We are now looking for a full-time Senior Investigative Science Reporter. You'll be responsible for reporting on the challenges facing science and scientific institutions in the US and beyond." workforus.theguardian.com/jobs/795/

Reading the PPF Atlantic newsletter... "Newfoundland and Labrador, in fact, has the biggest percentage of unhappy people (46 percent) but also the biggest percentage of very happy people (23 percent) in Canada." And yeah, feels right.

... .... ... right then. #nlpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

For a second I thought they'd drawn in a moat around the new Penitentiary. But it's just a shiny driveway. Anyway- it's hot, yeah? Wonder how those folks are doing in the old HMP today...

Finance Minister Siobhan Coady has announced on Facebook she will not be seeking re-election in St. John's West. #nlpoli

For my friends outside NL- a fine little festival has just posted a lovely podcast series open.spotify.com/episode/2B33...

Ottawa talking to Rio Tinto about liquidity help amid U.S. tariffs: Joly globalnews.ca/news/1127418...

My last complaint about an ATIP to the OIC was made in June 2023. It was not assigned to an investigator until mid January 2025, so more than 1.5 years later. So yeah, the federal complaint avenue certainly doesn't work for a reporter on a deadline. It's about proving a point, not getting records.

Some significant lowering of elbows happening.

"Logically speaking there was no reason not to wait..." But politics. open.spotify.com/episode/0PbA...

"Without effective planning, spending continues at near record levels."

I have thoughts... If anyone's interested, watch this space.

Norway plans temporary ban on power-intensive cryptocurrency mining reut.rs/45CdDy1

Jean Chrétien in fine form. Lol. (~17:10) Says would offer the Order of Canada to Pres Donald Trump, for uniting Canada. But can't of course... "because we don't give the Order of Canada to someone who has a criminal record." www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPwc...

It's shocking to me how unbelievable it is that half of adults would've seen a friend in any given day. It's heartbreaking.

Just a reminder that there are few spots still available for the Intro to Podcasting course @michelledahlenburg.bsky.social and I teach through Story Center this July! More details and registration info here: www.storycenter.org/schedule/pod...

Because I feel like triggering the trolls today, I want to remind everyone that Canadians have received over ONE HUNDRED MILLION COVID vaccine doses. Only 0.056% resulted in an adverse event report. Four deaths resulted, but ZERO were due to mRNA. health-infobase.canada.ca/covid-19/vac...

We are kicking off the global launch event of the Digital News Report 2025. Presentation by @nicnewman, followed by a panel ft @mitalilive.bsky.social Observer's Basia Cummings, Sky News' David Rhodes and Reuters' Jane Barrett Watch ⬇️ youtu.be/w3w5Z9IpKv0

The annual Reuters Institute Digital News Report is out. reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news...